some people will do anything for money. Speculation is that they wanted the metal to sell.
> Speculation is that they wanted the metal to sell. <
A guy I know made a pretty good dollar replacing metal pipes in a housing project. The residents would pull out their own pipes, and sell the metal. He’d come in and replace them. Rinse and repeat.
My friend finally stopped, as he was beginning to feel unsafe on the job. This was about 25 years ago.